6And all the masters of Shechem are gathered together, and all the house of Millo, and come and cause Abimelech to reign for king at the oak of the camp which [is] in Shechem;
7and they declare [it] to Jotham, and he goeth and standeth on the top of mount Gerizim, and lifteth up his voice, and calleth, and saith to them, `Hearken unto me, O masters of Shechem, and God doth hearken unto you:
8`The trees have diligently gone to anoint over them a king, and they say to the olive, Reign thou over us.
9And the olive saith to them, Have I ceased from my fatness, by which they honour gods and men, that I have gone to stagger over the trees?
10And the trees say to the fig, Come thou, reign over us.
11And the fig saith to them, Have I ceased from my sweetness, and my good increase, that I have gone to stagger over the trees?
12`And the trees say to the vine, Come thou, reign over us.
